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Takashi Sasaki

Also known as TAKASHI, NANGO, Vacuum Mask, Western Tiger

General Data

Current gimmick:

Takashi Sasaki

Age:

51 years

Promotion:

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Active Roles:

Singles Wrestler, Tag Team Wrestler, Promoter

Personal Data

Birthday:

16.01.1975

Birthplace:

Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan

Gender:

male

Height:

5' 10" (177 cm)

Weight:

198 lbs (90 kg)

WWW:

Career Data

Alter egos:

NANGO
TAKASHI
Takashi Sasaki
Vacuum Mask
Western Tiger

Roles:

Singles Wrestler (1996 - today)
Tag Team Wrestler (1996 - today)
Promoter (2009 - today)

Beginning of in-ring career:

15.09.1996

In-ring experience:

29 years

Wrestling style:

Technician, Death Match

Trainer:

Goro Tsurumi

Signature moves:

New D-Geist
D-Geist
Right Arm (Lariat)
Liger Bomb
Swinging DDT
Superkick

8.88

Current Total Rating (?)

Valid votes: 50

Number of comments: 8

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Average rating: 8.94 [50]

Average rating in 2026: 8.00 [2]

Average rating in 2025: 9.75 [4]

Average rating in 2024: 8.57 [7]

Average rating in 2023: 9.20 [5]

Average rating in 2022: 9.00 [5]

Average rating in 2021: 9.33 [3]

Average rating in 2020: 9.33 [6]

Average rating in 2018: 9.00 [1]

Average rating in 2017: 9.00 [1]

Average rating in 2016: 9.50 [4]

Average rating in 2015: 10.00 [1]

Average rating in 2014: 9.00 [1]

Average rating in 2011: 9.00 [2]

Average rating in 2010: 8.50 [2]

Average rating in 2009: 7.00 [1]

Average rating in 2008: 9.00 [2]

Average rating in 2007: 7.33 [3]

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Latest comments of the CAGEMATCH inmates

Khalid Ace wrote on 27.01.2026:

[6.0] "Takashi Sasaki has been finished for almost 17 years and people still give him the 9+ ratings which is so crazy for me. He was part of some of my favorite matches but come on guys it's not 2009 anymore"

BrettThousand wrote on 24.01.2025:

[10.0] "If I was going to show a single wrestler to someone who doesn't "get" deathmatch wrestling it would be Sasaki - a guy who could, at any point in the early 2000s, walked on to any major Japanese promotion's roster and been one of the best wrestlers. He has been surpassed by others in terms of dangerous stunts and buckets of blood but I still think he's probably the greatest deathmatch worker of all time in terms of drawing emotion from style and marrying it with incredible in-ring skill."

R0n1n wrote on 16.11.2022:

[10.0] "He is truly one of the most underrated deathmatch wrestlers during the golden era of BJW. Had several great matches which made history. His decision to establish new deathmatch promotion was bold, but in several years it was able to compete on par with BJW, and later surpass them. Also one of the best bookers. Upd.: I don't know what happened this year, but some of his recent matches are getting much better than before. Also his FREEDOMS booking decisions have been mostly excellent."